BLOCK 12 - ANIMATIONS (A)
SAT 9/9 - 5:00 PM - THE MERCHANT ROOM (WALNUT CREEK)
MOUNTAIN BREEZE
This film is inspired by all the times I went hiking with my dad in the front range of Colorado. It seemed that whenever I was feeling bad, a little hike with my dad in the Colorado mountains was all I needed to feel better, and this is something that I hope to capture with this film.
DIR. Ethan Hamill
OAK
A LONE TREE IS VISITED BY A YOUNG BOY, REVEALING THE HORRORS OF LIFE AND THE ILL INTENTIONS OF STRANGERS.
DIR. QUINTON KAINE
BLOOMING FIRE, BURNING FLOWERS, BRIGHT AS SUN
BLOOMING FIRE, BURNING FLOWERS, BRIGHT AS SUN
A FILM ABOUT THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE, MADE OF PHOTOGRAMS OF FLOWERS ON 16MM FILM.
DIR. KRISTEN WILLIAMS
PAPERPLANES
In a primary school classroom, a fun filled, hyper mischievous, noisy bunch of 4th graders are caught off-guard as the teacher walks in unannounced; followed by a surprise test of creativity and character. Will all of them complete it in time?
DIR. Arvind Singh Jeena
SLIP THOUGHT
SLIP THOUGHT IS AN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATED FILM AND POEM WHICH LOOKS TO OBSERVE AND EXPERIENCE THE UNCERTAINTY OF MEMORY, THE TENDER MERCILESSNESS OF TIME, AND THE RESTLESSNESS OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
BEGINNING AS A WORK FOR A COURSE IN OCADU’S EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION PROGRAM, SAMUEL WASSERMAN CREATED AN ABSTRACT “VISUAL TEXT” FROM MUTILATED, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE STRIPS OF MEDIUM FORMAT FILM. WASSERMAN EXPANDED UPON THIS PHYSICAL WORK, CREATING A MIXED MEDIA ANIMATED SHORT DEPICTING AN AMORPHOUS THOUGHT TRAVELING THROUGH THE OBSCURITY OF TIME AND NONSENSICAL MEMORY.
POSTED TO THE OCADU EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION INSTAGRAM PAGE, KATE DUGGAN HAPPENED UPON WASSERMAN’S ANIMATION, AND WROTE A POETIC ACCOMPANIMENT ALONGSIDE WHAT SHE SAW FOR AN OCADU POETRY COURSE.
AS THEY CAME TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO COLLABORATE, WASSERMAN AND DUGGAN WERE SHOCKED TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE SOURCES OF INSPIRATION. WHERE WASSERMAN APPROACHED THE PIECE AS A WORK DEPICTING TIME AND MEMORY AS REMEMBERED BY A PERSON WITH DEMENTIA, DUGGAN APPROACHED THE PIECE AS A WORK WHICH LAMENTS THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE AS SEEN BY A FETUS IN THE WOMB. THIS SERENDIPITY IS WOVEN THROUGH THE FINISHED PIECE, AND RESULTS IN A WORK THAT IS RELENTLESS AS IT QUESTIONS ALL IT EXPERIENCES, BUT EQUALLY CONTENTED WITH THE DELICACIES OF LIFE.
DIR. SAMUEL WASSERMAN
WAYWARD GODS
In a Futuristic Cyberpunk Thailand, a lone warrior must battle both his own karma, and the forces of evil, without using violence.
DIR. Nate Pantumsinchai
ARE ROBOTS GOING TO KILL US (OR WHAT?)
THIS SHORT ANIMATED FILM EXAMINES OUR SHARED CULTURAL FASCINATION WITH THE "KILLER ROBOT." IT WAS ANIMATED IN PART BY A COMPUTER.
DIR. ROGER MILLER-KIM
RESISTENTIALISM (OR, ON THE MALEVOLENCE OF INANIMATE OBJECTS
IN THE COURSE OF HUMANITY'S ENDEAVORS THERE MUST BE AN ONGOING INTERACTION WITH THE OBJECTS THAT ALSO OCCUPY OUR COMMON SPACE, OBJECTS THAT ARE IN THEMSELVES NOT IN POSSESSION OF FREE WILL, AND WHICH ARE THEREFORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS INANIMATE. YET THROUGH THE COURSE OF ANY ORDINARY DAY ANY COMMON PERSON WILL FIND SUCH OBJECTS INDEED RISING UP WITH APPARENT INTENT — WITH MALEVOLENT INTENT. BY WHAT FORCES ARE SUCH MANIFESTATIONS CREATED? RESISTENTIALISM (OR, ON THE MALEVOLENCE OF INANIMATE OBJECTS) IS THE THIRD EPISODE OF THE HIT MYSTERY-DOCUMENTARY SHOW WHAT DO WE KNOW? IN THIS EPISODE WE EXAMINE THE MANNER IN WHICH ORDINARY OBJECTS SEEM TO HAVE A WILL OF THEIR OWN, AND IT'S NOT PRETTY.
DIR. CRAIG TRUMBO
THE OLD YOUNG CROW
AN IRANIAN BOY BEFRIENDS AN OLD JAPANESE WOMAN AT A GRAVEYARD IN TOKYO.
DIR. LIAM LOPINTO